Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
$500 - $1500 / Day
Sebastián Pinzón is a Colombian documentary filmmaker. He studied film and television at the Savannah College of Art and Design and a master's degree in documentary media at Northwestern University in Chicago. His directorial work has been screened at festivals such as Locarno, Cínema du Réel, MoMA Doc Fortnight, True/False, RIDM, and New Directors / New Films and has received support from Catapult, Sundance, Visions SudEst, the National Cinematography Fund of Colombia, and Nia Tero. His film Palenque won Best Latin American Short in FICValdivia in 2017. Sebastián was an assistant editor for MINDING THE GAP (2019 Oscar Nominee). He has since worked as editor and cinematographer for productions for National Geographic, Honnold Foundation, and the Truth Commission of Colombia. Sebastián was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film in the United States by Filmmaker Magazine in 2019. He is co-founder of Jarana Cine, SITE Collective, and Video Consortium Colombia, a global network of support and connection between documentary filmmakers.
Guided by motifs of life and death, PALENQUE is an ode to a small town that has greatly contributed to the collective memory of Colombia: San Basilio de Palenque, the first town in the Americas to have broken free from European domination.
Two decades after a death threat from right-wing paramilitaries caused the maroon community of La Bonga to flee, the townspeople embark on a symbolic journey through the jungles of the Colombian Caribbean to resurrect a home that exists only in their memories.
Edited this short piece for the Truth Commission in Colombia to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the massacre of Bojayá.
On the South Side of Chicago, final touches on one’s journey on Earth are meticulously made in a decades-old community funeral home.
From Academy Award-nominated Steve James, the 5-part documentary series shows a complex portrait of Chicago, the quintessentially American city, from the history-making 2019 mayor's race to the tumultuous summer of ‘20. Credit: Camera Operator
Edited this trailer for director Iyabo Kwayana for the inclusion of practice in the Criterion Channel
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